"Xun Xun~"
Little Seeker grinned even wider, raised a paw, and enthusiastically waved at the stands.
Watching this scene, the crowd's noisy clamor briefly died down for a moment.
Then, an even more uproarious wave of shouting erupted.
"No, why can't I make any sense of how this match turned out? How did the Nether Ring Monarch win? And how did Fire Ao Lin collapse?"
"I don't get it either! Why wasn't the Nether Ring Monarch hurt at all?"
"Wasn't Flame Pillar Link a skill Fire Ao Lin used? Why did it end up fainting instead?"
"What exactly did the Nether Ring Monarch do to Fire Ao Lin inside Flame Pillar Link?!"
"I know! Life Borrowing! It was Life Borrowing! Pet Beasts with the Life Borrowing trait can exchange their condition with a healthy nearby creature when they're at their limit! The host just collapsed, so the Nether Ring Monarch must have used Life Borrowing on him!"
"Right, right, right! Life Borrowing! I know that trait too. Once, a Ghost-type Pet Beast used Life Borrowing, but it ended up borrowing the life of its own Beast Tamer. Both of them collapsed, and it even made the news."
"Gasp, there's actually such a vicious trait... But that still isn't right. Why did Fire Ao Lin collapse?"
For a moment, no one nearby had an answer.
As everyone discussed it, Qiao Sang waved a hand and recalled Little Seeker into the Beast Taming Codex.
At the commentary desk, Nephthis finally came to her senses and shouted in disbelief, "The result of the first round is out! Qiao Sang's Nether Ring Ghost has claimed victory! What an incredible comeback! The outcome must have been beyond everyone's expectations! Fire Ao Lin actually collapsed inside its own Flame Pillar Link! Meanwhile, the Nether Ring Monarch